Woooooooo. Big excitement today kiddies. We’ve got our first pic of the appoved base sculpt for the Marvel Select Wolverine figure based on the upcoming and super-secret movie. Not getting the meaning? You’ll just have to stay tuned (and surf the web for spoilers).

So, everyone knows about my PVC figure based on the “School’s Out” pin-up by Joe Linsner. But, what you may not have heard is that we have created a limited edition exclusive variant. The details are still working themselves out, but as soon as we know more, you will be clued in on when and where to place your orders. Until then, go clear off some extra space on your shelves, because no true Dawn or Linsner fan will be able to choose between the colors - you’ll have to get them both.

Dear Readers,

I spent the better part of the other day here trying to get our fog machine to work, why is it whenever I want to use something like that it is always broken, or missing a piece, or I have no idea how to use it in the first place! After a few hours of fooling around with it I finally got it working so that I could set up a borg shoot with DST-Matt. We wanted some cool pictures of the borg with dark, creepy lighting and fog. It looked like the borgs where either standing in a swamp bog or maybe had just put out an electrical fire with a few fire extinguishers. I think the shoot was successful, they are definitely interesting pictures, who knows where we might be able to use them! Well I am going to pass them a long and hopefully get a gallery up here on the site for you guys to enjoy.

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DST-Jen

I’ve got the whip AND the Idol. Ha!
Yes, here is the long-awaited Ultimate Quarter Scale Raiders of the Lost Ark “Classic” Indiana Jones figure. We received our first package samples and just had to tear one open and play with it. I hope you all will enjoy it as much as we did. Although truth be told, I won’t be playing with mine much, it just looks too cool standing there as a display piece. In fact, I’m starting to regret tearing open the box - it would have been great to display next to my unopened Darth Maul.

…and your toy collection. Here is the approved paint for the movie Wolverine and his backalley dumpster base. Are you still puzzled by the base? OK, look at it this way - What type of business has a dumpster like that? Perhaps…a restaurant? Maybe, say… a Cajun restaurant? OK, any more of a hint than that and I’m getting fired, so this post ends here.

I think that all Sulu posts should be called “Oh my!” Hey, it is either that or “Blow’d Up” (kudos to the 6 people that remember that one). Anyway, we’re working on a pilot Sulu for some thing or another (it’s sad when the variants run together). This isn’t the best pic in the world, but all of you Sulu fans should recognize the uniform color. Stay tuned for further news on when and where you can get this guy.

Done and done. Thanks to Kat Sapene we now have photos of the completely approved Marvel Girl figures. Although you can’t tell from the pics, they turned out a bit smaller than I had hoped, but have no fear, a little resizing at the factory and they’ll be back in scale in no time. Until then, go place your orders - you know you want them (both).

HA! I can’t believe it took me over 9 years to work that back into an official work-related writing. Anyway, today I am here to tell you about the base that will be coming with the Marvel Select Marvel Girl action figure.This little guy is a thing of beauty. At first glance, it just looks like half of a gate to enter Xavier’s. BUT, the sign on the pillar will be Xavier’s School for Jean Grey and will be Xavier Institute for the chase figure, Rachel Summers. For those who are lucky enough to get both, the bases can be connected to form a full-functioning two-part gate. What’s even cooler is, not only does this work with any X-Men type character, but our factory can swap out gate pieces if we were to ever make someone from another group like, say, maybe the Avengers (what? me, hinting at something? never.)

Dear Readers,

It’s rare these days that I get to fill you in on any info regarding any license other than Hasbro and Lucas, but here I am working on some Star Trek stuff this week. This excites me because as seen in the Star Trek Q&A’s here on the blog, Star Trek appears to be fueling our company, so I guess a special thanks to the trekkies for paying my mortgage for me.

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Did any of you out there like that first Punisher movie? No? Me either! For some reason I just wasn’t buying that Thomas Jane guy as the Punisher. I mean I guess it is hard to fill the shoes of the mighty Dolf Lundgren and all that. I am sure everybody has heard they are making a new Thomas Jane free Punisher movie. From the previews it looks pretty good, but sometimes trailers can fool you. At least the new guy looks more Punisher-esque! The important thing here is that we are making Minimates for the movie, how cool is that?! These particular Minimates feature some of the biggest guns in the Minimates universe! All of your other Minimates will be running for cover when these guys show up in your collection!